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Bca protein assay kit

Manufactured by Boster Bio
Sourced in China, United States

The BCA protein assay kit is a colorimetric detection and quantitation method for determining the total protein concentration in a sample. The kit utilizes bicinchoninic acid (BCA) for the sensitive and selective colorimetric detection and quantitation of total protein. The assay is based on the reduction of Cu2+ to Cu+ by protein in an alkaline medium, with the Cu+ detection via a purple-colored reaction with BCA.

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Western Blot Assay for Protein Analysis

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For the tissue-based assay, the brains of three mice in each group were homogenized in RIPA buffer (Beyotime, Jiangsu, China) by a hand-held motor and kept on ice for 30 min to lyse the cells completely. The homogenates were then centrifuged at 14,000 × g at 4°C for 15 min. The supernatants were collected and protein concentration was determined using a BCA protein assay kit (Boster, Wuhan, China). Equal protein was mixed with 5 × SDS-PAGE sample loading buffer (Beyotime, Jiangsu, China) and boiled for 5 min at 99°C.
For the cell-based assay, cells were lysed with RIPA buffer (Beyotime, Jiangsu, China) according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Protein concentration was determined by a BCA protein assay kit (Boster, Wuhan, China) and equal protein concentrations were mixed with 5 × SDS-PAGE sample loading buffer (Beyotime, Jiangsu, China) and boiled for 5 min at 99°C.
All tissue and cell samples were fractionated using 10% SDS-PAGE and transferred to a PVDF membrane (Millipore). Membranes were incubated with primary antibodies overnight at 4°C, detected with HRP-conjugated secondary antibodies (Zhongshan Jinqiao Biology) and developed using an ECL chemiluminescence kit (Millipore). The optical density (OD) of each band was determined using Gel Pro Analyzer 6.0 (Media Cybernetics, Bethesda, MD, United States).
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Western Blot Analysis of Cellular Proteins

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Cellular proteins were prepared from mouse pancreas and PSCs using standard methods. Protein concentrations were measured using a BCA protein assay kit (Boster); the samples were adjusted to 4 μg/μL using 6 × loading buffer (TransGen Biotech, Beijing, China) and boiled at 95°C for 5 min. Protein extracts were subjected to sodium dodecyl sulfate–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE; Bio-Rad, Hercules, CA, United States) and blotted to polyvinylidene difluoride membrane (EMD Millipore, Darmstadt, Germany). The membranes were blocked with 5% non-fat milk for 1 h, then probed with the following primary antibodies: anti-GAPDH (BM1623, Boster, 1:1,000), anti-α-SMA (bs-10196R, Bioss, 1:400), anti-NF-κB p65 (sc-8008, Santa Cruz, 1:400), anti-p-NF-κB p65 (#3033, CST, 1:1,000), anti-COL1A1 (#84366, CST, 1:1,000), TGF-βR1 (SC-402, Santa Cruz, 1:400), and p-TAK1 (bs-5435R, Bioss, 1:400), respectively, overnight at 4°C. The samples were then incubated with horseradish peroxidase conjugated second antibody (goat anti-rabbit, goat anti-mouse, or rabbit anti-goat, 1:2,000) for 1 h. A 10–250 kDa protein marker was used to determine the size of detected bands in the BeyoECL Star Chemiluminescent system (Beyotime Biotechnology, Shanghai, China).
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Parkinson's Disease Modeling and Analysis

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Reagents used were 6-hydroxydopamine hydrobromide (6-OHDA, Sigma, USA), pargyline hydrochloride (MedChemExpress, USA), desipramine hydrochloride (MedChemExpress, USA), apomorphine (Absin Bioscience Inc, China), paraformaldehyde (PFA, Boster Biotechnology, China), RIPA lysis buffer (Beyotime Institute of Biotechnology, China), BCA Protein Assay Kit (Boster Biotechnology, China), ECL-enhanced chemoluminescence (Boster Biotechnology, China), Dopamine ELISA kit (Cloud-clone crop, China), TNF-α ELISA kit (Cloud-clone crop, China).
Semaglutide had been purchased from Bachem (Switzerland), and DA5-CH was synthetized by China peptides. The purity of each peptide was analyzed by reversed-phase HPLC and characterized using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry, with a purity >97%. Peptides were reconstituted in ultrapure water (Milli-Q) to a concentration of 1 mg/ml, and aliquots were prepared and stored at −20°C.
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Western Blot Analysis of Apoptosis Markers

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The harvested cells were washed with phosphate buffered saline and lysed with RIPA lysis buffer (Boster, China), which was obtained total cellular protein. The protein concentration was tested by BCA Protein Assay kit (Boster, China). In order to detect the levels of protein expression, the protein samples were separated by 12% sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and transferred onto a poly-vinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane through Bio-Rad II System. The membrane was blocked by 5% skim milk powder at room temperature for 1 h and then incubated with primary antibodies at 4°C overnight. The primary antibodies included caspase-3(Abcam, USA; ab4051), cleaved-caspase-3 (Cell Signaling Technology, USA; #9661), Bax (Abcam, USA; ab182733), Bcl-2 (Abcam, USA; ab692), IL-6R (Boster, China; A01425-1), β-actin (Bioss, China; bs-0061R), and GAPDH (Abcam, USA; ab8245) at 1:500 dilutions. Subsequently, membranes were washed with TBST and incubated with a 1:5000 dilution of HRP-conjugated secondary antibodies (Abcam, USA) for 1 h at room temperature. The protein bands were visualized by ChemiDocTMMP imaging system (Bio-Rad, USA). The GAPDH and β-actin were used as inner loading control, respectively. The gray value was analyzed by Image-ProPlus software.
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Western Blot Analysis of Cellular Proteins

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Proteins were extracted from cells or tissues and added to the RIPA buffer. Cracking on ice for 30_60 minutes. The supernatant was collected by centrifugation at 4°C and 12000 rpm for 15 minutes. BCA protein assay kit (Boster Inc, China) was used for protein quantification. SDS-PAGE gel electrophoresis was performed. Then, the protein was transferred to the nitrocellulose membrane and 5% skimmed milk powder blocked the nonspecific antigen. The primary antibody was added and incubated at 4°C overnight. After washing the membrane, horseradish peroxidase-labeled IgG (secondary antibody) was added at 37 °C for 1h. Densitometric analysis was performed by Image Lab. In the assay, antibodies included rabbit anti-hnRNP E1 (Abcam, UK. ab74793, 1:1000), mouse anti-HPV16 E2 (Abcam, UK. ab17185, 1:1000), mouse anti-HPV16 E6 (Abcam, UK. Ab70, 1:1000), mouse anti-β-actin (Boster Inc, China, 1:300).
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Western Blot Analysis of CaMKIIδ and Myosin

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Tissues or cells were lysed in ice-cold RIPA buffer (50 mM Tris-HCl, 150 mM NaCl, 0.1% SDS, 1% NP-40, 0.25% sodium dexycholate, and 1 mM EDTA, pH8.0) with freshprotease/phosphatase inhibitor cocktail (Boster, Wuhan, China) for 30 min on ice and centrifuged at 16,000 g at 4 °C for 15 min. The protein concentration in supernatant was measured by a BCA protein assay kit (Boster, Wuhan, China). Proteins in the supernatant were separated by SDS-PAGE (Bio-Rad, Richmond, CA, USA) and then, transferred to PVDF membranes (Bio-Rad, Richmond, CA, USA) followed by the blockage in 5% skim milk for 2 h at room temperature. After the membranes were incubated with primary antibodies at 4 °C overnight, HRP-conjugated secondary antibodies were incubated with membrane for 1 h at room temperature. The enhanced chemiluminescence substrate (Boster, Wuhan, China) was applied for color development. The primary antibody against CaMKIIδ was purchased from Abcam (ab105502, Abcam, Cambrige, UK), the antibody against myosin from Millipore (05–716, monoclonal mouse IgG specific for different myosin heavy chain, Millipore Corporation, Billerica, MA, USA), and the antibody against glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) from Santa Cruze Biotechnology (sc-25778, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Santa Cruz, CA, USA).
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Protein Adsorption Capacity of BCP

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The protein adsorption capacity of BCP was assayed using the BCA protein assay kit (BOSTER, WuHan, China) and calculated according to the calibrated curve using BSA as a standard at 3, 24, 48, 72, 96, 120, 144 and 168 h. All samples were assessed in triplicate. The surface characteristics of BCP were observed using a scanning electron microscope (SEM, SU8020, HITACHI, Tokyo, Japan).
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Protein Expression Analysis in SK-HEP-1 and MCF-7 Cells

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When SK-HEP-1 and MCF-7 cells grew to a density of about 80%, we collected them and added cell lysate buffer (Beyotime, Shanghai, China) and isolated the protein. The protein concentration was determined using a bicinchoninic acid (BCA) protein assay kit (Boster, Wuhan, China). After SDS–PAGE electrophoresis, proteins were transferred to PVDF membrane. The membrane was incubated with the anti-S1PR1 antibody (Abcam, ab233386) for one night and then an anti-rabbit secondary antibody (Sanjian, Tianjin, China, LK2001) for 2 h. Images were processed with Image J software.
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Protein Expression Analysis via Western Blot

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After cells or tissues were lysed, we used a BCA Protein Assay Kit (Boster Bio, USA) to determine the protein concentration. Total protein was separated by SDS-PAGE. We used a constant current to transfer the separated protein to a PVDF membrane. 5% skim milk was applied to block non-specific reaction sites for 1-2 h. Dilute the primary antibody at the concentration recommended by the instructions, immerse the membrane in this liquid, and place at 4° C for at least 8 hours. The primary antibodies: anti-GAPDH (Proteintech, Wuhan, China), anti-p-ERK (CST), anti-ERK (CST), anti-NOX4 (Abcam, Cambridge, UK), anti-p-AMPK (Abcam), anti-AMPK (Abcam). Horseradish peroxidase-conjugated secondary antibodies were diluted at the concentrations recommended by the instructions, and the membranes were incubated for 2h at room temperature. Enhanced chemiluminescence reagent was used to visualize the protein bands in an imaging densitometer (GE, USA).
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Cholesterol Synthesis Assay Protocol

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Tris, phosphatidylserine, (R.S)-3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A [(R.S)-HMG-CoA], nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH), 1,2-glyceryl dioleate, lecithin, and 3-oleic acid glycerol were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, USA). [1-14C] oleoyl-CoA was purchased from New England Nuclear Corporation (Boston, USA). Scintillation solution was purchased from Lipoluma, Lumac Co (Clanton, USA). BCA protein assay kit was from Boster Biological Technology (Wuhan, China). Pravastatin was obtained from Bristol-Myers Squibb (Shanghai, China). Other reagents were obtained from commercial sources.
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